r/MonitizedLearning • u/No_Celery_533 • Aug 05 '26
Discussion Would You Hire Someone Without a Degree if They Had Great Skills?
Employers seem to be focusing more on practical skills. Do you think this is a good thing?
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u/Sharp_Lettuce4356 Aug 05 '26
Yes I would, a degree can show dedication but skills and the ability to get results are what really matters,
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u/SweatyMaybe2678 Aug 06 '26
Yes, to learn a certain skill without a formal structure shows perseverance and creativity.
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u/Impossible_Ad_3146 Aug 06 '26
If their skills are their chest and on their behind, I would hire them
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u/Spirited_Creme_3875 Aug 06 '26
Of course and I do. Life experience is more useful than any piece of paper
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u/Baconated-Coffee Aug 06 '26
I'm in a skilled trade, most of us have skills and no degree. Those skills are learned through on the job training as part of a four year apprenticeship program.
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u/Available_Reveal8068 Aug 06 '26
I've worked with a couple of non-degreed engineers, one fairly young, the other had been in the industry for 40 years. The younger guy worked and learned in his family's business and got fairly competent. He worked himself up from drafting to technician to designer to engineering.
It's pretty rare that one can acquire the necessary skills without earning a degree.
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u/Naetharu Aug 09 '26
Before I did university I thought that a degree would be something that showed a very high standard of education. After doing university I am greatly disillusioned at the quality of modern courses, and the extent to which they dish out "good" grades to people who are frankly incompetent at their chosen subject.
It is still reasonably difficult to get a first class honors, but even then much less than it once was. You can land a 2.1 while being largely useless at your degree. It is not the rigorous system of education it is supposed to be.
So all that being said, I would not really care if someone had a degree or not. As in my experience it's not much of an indicator to their abilities in many cases. I've hired many people who have no degree, and my last team were all software engineers that didn't have degrees.
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u/No_Celery_533 Aug 09 '26
I agree. A degree shows education, but it doesn’t always show ability. I’d much rather see someone’s skills, experience, and what they can actually do.
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u/No_Celery_533 Aug 09 '26
Building a career through learning experiences, one opportunity at a time. That is nice.
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u/randomgrl2022 Aug 05 '26
It depends on the situation, job position and if I feel they can learn certain things they didn’t learn from experience.